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silicon.com > Technology > Networks

Open source rival takes on Google Maps

...creating a free open source wiki-style map of the planet. The OpenStreetMap (OSM) mapping data is collected by volunteers using GPS devices to record... Read more

Nov 13, 2006

silicon.com > Management > Public Sector

Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet

...with the likes of Google Maps and Ordnance survey. Here's an OpenStreetMap map of the village of Oakham in Rutland. Coast said: "We can... Read more

Nov 13, 2006

silicon.com > Technology > Networks

Ordnance Survey opens up mapping code

...recently acquired by Microsoft. Steve Coast, founder of open source mapping group OpenStreetMap said the OS's OpenSpace project represents "one of the most significant... Read more

Dec 14, 2007

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Photos of the month - November 2006

OpenStreetMap started two years ago and is aiming to take on the likes... Read more

Nov 27, 2006

silicon.com > Management > Public Sector

Ordnance Survey mash-up takes on Google Maps

...from the likes of Google, other organisations such as the open source OpenStreetMap - which is using volunteers with GPS devices to create a digital map... Read more

Nov 2, 2006